Kris Kobach has defended towns that passed anti-immigration ordinances. The towns have lost big — but Kobach has fared considerably better, via Pro Publica & Kansas City Star:https://www.propublica.org/article/kris-kobachs-lucrative-trail-of-courtroom-defeats …
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"Records obtained by ProPublica and the Kansas City Star show that since 2005 Kobach has made at least $800,000 through this advocacy" even while regularly losing legal challenges in court (and despite telling clients that the ACLU normally loses such cases)
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Back in 2014, the Supreme Court declined to hear appeals filed by two of the towns, Hazleton & Farmers Branch, seeking to revive their ordnances. Not a single dissent:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-immigration-idUSBREA221C220140303 …
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Hazleton and Farmers Branch both spent seven figure sums on the litigation, per the Pro Publica/KC Star story:https://www.propublica.org/article/kris-kobachs-lucrative-trail-of-courtroom-defeats …
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